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Manage GoDaddy DNS with simple python script. This script help you to point godaddy to your dynamic public IP.
from datetime import datetime
from urllib import request, error
from godaddypy import Client, Account
# Manage GoDaddy DNS with simple python script.
# This script help you to point godaddy to your dynamic public IP.
# Get the Production API key/secret from https://developer.godaddy.com/keys/.
# Ensure it's for "Production".
KEY = "your key"
SECRET = "your secret"
# Domain to update.
DOMAIN = "your domain like example.com"
# Advanced settings - change only if you know what you're doing :-)
# Record type, as seen in the DNS setup page, default A.
TYPE = "A"
# Writable path to last known Public IP record cached. Best to place in tmpfs.
CachedIP = "/tmp/current_ip"
# External URL to check for current Public IP, must contain only a single plain text IP.
# examples http://api.ipify.org, http://ip.42.pl/raw etc...
CheckURL = "http://ip.42.pl/raw"
class GoDaddy(object):
def __init__(self, key=KEY, secret=SECRET):
self.key = key
self.secret = secret
self.acct = Account(api_key=key, api_secret=secret)
self.client = Client(self.acct)
@property
def current_gd_ip(self):
out = self.client.get_records(DOMAIN, record_type=TYPE)
return str(out[0].get("data"))
@property
def current_my_ip(self):
try:
return request.urlopen(CheckURL).read().decode()
except error.URLError:
print("Error: Fail to get Public IP... check connection")
return None
def update_ip(self):
if self.current_my_ip != self.current_gd_ip:
self.client.update_ip(self.current_my_ip, domains=[DOMAIN])
class IpLog(object):
def __init__(self, path=CachedIP):
self.path = path
def write(self, ip):
with open(self.path, "a+") as f:
f.write("{}:{}\n".format(datetime.now(), ip))
def read(self):
try:
with open(self.path, "r") as f:
last_line = f.readlines()[-1]
ip = last_line.split(":")[-1]
return ip.strip()
except FileNotFoundError:
return None
if __name__ == "__main__":
gd = GoDaddy()
log = IpLog()
while True:
if gd.current_my_ip != log.read():
gd.update_ip()
log.write(gd.current_my_ip)
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Need to install the third party package as a requirement

pip install GoDaddyPy

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